Prophetic Rendezvous
Choose not to have God’s voice. A dream is not
Enough. He sometimes offers visions framed
In many-meaninged syllables, each fraught
With danger. Scriptures must remain untamed
Or boredom fills us. Bow to human need.
Leave behind you poetry, a trail of glow,
A Halley’s Comet tail. Let sparkling breed
Return interpretations. Kiss that beau
Of oval travels, gypsy-like, no groom.
A groom is knifeless. You want more. Desire
Is like an outer space conviction, plume
Of danger. That is what you want, that fire.
Dark corners are for others, not for you.
You feel your solar flare is overdue.
~ Phillip Whidden
This image provided Wednesday, April 21, 2010 by NASA shows an eruptive prominence blasting away from the sun March 30, 2010 observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite. NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first images from the new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms, and scientists say they’re already learning new things. (AP Photo/NASA)